About us

Connect globally – act locally!
We connect you in a worldwide network of experts, so we can together share, advance, and practice best medical care to our patients. The PRO-IMPLANT Foundation is your partner and source of knowledge, background evidence, and innovative solutions in the field of implant and surgical infections. We bring together the world-known expert teams and building a global network of diverse medical disciplines. Through an interdisciplinary approach we strive to support you to manage even the most challenging cases successfully. Until today, the foundation employed more than 35 full-time persons, supported 25 PhD students and postdoc researchers, initiated 8 investigator-initiated clinical studies, and facilitated publication of 240 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Key activities

Our passion is research, education, global networking and treatment of patients with implant and surgical infections.
Research. Coming Soon!
We are committed to highlight the role of biofilms and implant infections by supporting innovative and independent, preclinical and clinical research projects. Particular fields of interest are novel diagnostic techniques biomarkers for infection, biofilm-active antibiotics, multiresistant pathogens, bacteriophage treatment and more.
Education
Our various formats of educational events (workshops, symposia and conferences, online seminars) aim to support learning, teaching, networking and disseminating the latest evidence, knowledge and innovative ideas in the management of implant and surgical infections among healthcare professionals.
Global Networking. Coming Soon!
Connect globally – act locally! We connect you in a worldwide network of experts, so we can together share, advance, and practice best medical care to our patients. Various exchange programs are designed to connect and support knowledge transfer, including observerships, discussion forums and fellowships.
Clinical Decision Tools
Two useful and easily accessible clinical decision tools were developed to assist your daily clinical practice. The Pocket Guides (as paper, PDF and soon App) are designed to provide general recommendations for most clinical situations. The interactive online Consultation Portal enables patient-adapted, individualized interactive recommendations through our interdisciplinary experts.

PRO-IMPLANT last years

10.400

Distributed Pocket Guides

250

Observer

240

Publications

4.500

Consultations

5.250

Workshop Participants